CVE-2019-19794

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Summary

CVECVE-2019-19794
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2019-12-13 22:15:00 UTC
Updated2020-01-02 17:36:00 UTC
DescriptionThe miekg Go DNS package before 1.1.25, as used in CoreDNS before 1.6.6 and other products, improperly generates random numbers because math/rand is used. The TXID becomes predictable, leading to response forgeries.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-338

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Miekg-dns Project Miekg-dns All All All All
Application Miekg-dns Project Miekg-dns All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Use crypto/rand for random id generation. by jsha · Pull Request #1044 · miekg/dns · GitHub MISC github.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
CoreDNS 1.6.6 Release Tracking · Issue #3519 · coredns/coredns · GitHub MISC github.com Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
[security] Predictable TXID can lead to response forgeries · Issue #1043 · miekg/dns · GitHub MISC github.com Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
[Security] CVE-2019-19794 · Issue #3547 · coredns/coredns · GitHub CONFIRM github.com Third Party Advisory
Comparing v1.1.24...v1.1.25 · miekg/dns · GitHub MISC github.com Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
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Legacy QID Mappings

  • 982542 Go (go) Security Update for github.com/miekg/dns (GHSA-44r7-7p62-q3fr)

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